Residential Recycling Subscription Drive

TYLER — Keep Tyler Beautiful and the Tyler Solid Waste Department are working together to increase the number of City of Tyler residents who take advantage of the City’s Curbside Recycling Service. Residents recently received a brochure in their water bills explaining the service and encouraging subscription for recycling as part of Keep Tyler Beautiful’s subscription drive. Currently, about 12 percent of the City’s 28,500 residential trash customers recycle.

The Solid Waste Department started curbside pickup of recyclable materials in 1999. The subscription fee at that time was $3.25 per month. With the addition of semi-automated trucks and the City-supplied orange top containers, the cost for this optional service dropped to only $2.50 per month, which is added to the resident’s water bill. “This is an easy way for Tyler residents to participate in recycling,” said Keep Tyler Beautiful Board Chair Phyllis Carlyle. You can go to http://www.cityoftyler.org to learn more.